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Anti-royalists say the King is just a figurehead with no real power, or worse, is costing the UK money for outdated pomp and ceremony and we should go to being a full republic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
It\u2019s ironic, then, that King Charles has just handed the UK a \u00a3150million boost after a meeting with the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In fact, in an era where our elected politicians are people like Donald Trump<\/a>, there\u2019s yet another layer of irony in an unelected head of state intervening to save the day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The King\u2019s state visit to the US proved there\u2019s still a strong argument for keeping the Royal Family beyond the usual tradition or tourism reasoning from those who still support the Royals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In his speech in Washington DC, King Charles put on an absolutely masterful display of soft power diplomacy in front of self-appointed King Donald, pointing out the importance of \u2018checks and balances\u2019 to a President who rules with executive orders first, congress and courts second. He also issued pleas on saving nature – \u2018our greatest asset\u2019 – defending Ukraine<\/a> \u2018and her courageous people\u2019 and pointed to the Magna Carta’s influence on the founding of the ‘self evident’ truths and rights given to all Americans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n His words must have had an impact on the US President, because days later, the US administration announced that 10% tariffs which had been levied against Scottish whisky from the UK have now been dropped in a move which is set to hand the British economy a \u00a3150m estimated boost and another \u00a320m on top every month, according to the Scottish whisky industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Graeme Littlejohn, director of strategy for the Scotch Whisky Association, told the BBC<\/a>: “The industry’s been losing around \u00a34m a week in lost exports to the United States – \u00a3150m over the course of the last year while tariffs have been in place”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n